-NDTV According to a statement from the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the award recognises individuals who have Worked tirelessly, often in the face of adversity, to defend transparency, combat corruption, and ensure accountability in their own countries. Washington: The United States on Tuesday honoured Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj with the International Anti-corruption Champions Award. According to a statement from the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the award recognises individuals...
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India Inc gears up to go back to office -Goutam Das
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-Livemint.com India’s new draft labour codes, which envisage a shorter Work week, may offer some flexibility to a small section of the country’s Workforce. But it is not going to reduce Working hours in a country that has among the longest Working hours in the world For white collar Workers who have made an easy transition to Working from home, the prospect of a four-day Work week, as proposed by India’s new...
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-The Indian Express At the inaugural Indian Express Thinc Migration series presented by Omidyar NetWork India, moderated by Udit Misra, deputy associate editor, panelists discussed the crisis in India’s internal migration. On migration patterns S Irudaya Rajan: In the 2011 census, India had 450 million migrants. We have policies in the country to increase migration, and policymakers and economists, who believe urbanisation will lead to economic growth. This is reflected in the Smart...
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-PTI/ Business Standard The third pre-testing of the five surveys would be conducted in next ten days and then the studies would begin across the country by the Labour Bureau The Labour Bureau is all set to launch its five major surveys, including on migrant and domestic Workers, across the country by April 1 as two out of three mandated pre-testings of the studies yielded "encouraging and positive results". The third pre-testing of...
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